806 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MU8EIIM, 1896. 



a certain number of heyts in those rows, as for instance in the first four. 

 The pieces of one row must be distinguished from those in the other. 



Fig. 119. 



CANES FOR TAB. 



Lengtb, 8 inches. 

 Cairo, Egypt. 



, Museum of Archteology, University of Pennsylvania. 



They are called Mldh^ or "dogs;" in the singular, lielh. The game is 

 generally played by two persons. The four sticks consist of pieces of 

 palm branch, about 8 inches in length, one side of which, being cut flat 



Fig. 120. 



BOARD (neega) for tab. 



Egypt. 



From Lane. 



and smooth, is white; the other green, or, if not fresh, of a dull yellow 

 colon; the former side is commonly called white and the other black. 

 The four sticks are thrown, all together, against a stick thrust into the 



